Physical Geography - The Basics by Joseph Holden (2nd) (2021) Routledge
올해 새로 발간된 자연지리 기초교재이다.
저자 Joseph Holden은 수 많은 지리교재의 표지에서 만나본 이름으로 오랜 친구를 만난 것처럼 반갑기 짝이 없다.
내용은 자연자리 기초 서적인지라 기본적 내용으로 구성되어 있다. 헌데 교재의 목차는 무척이나 새롭다. 그 동안 강조되던 지형적 파트는 저 멀리 한 걸음 물러서 있는 것처럼 보이고 기후변화와 관련된 단원, 즉 '탄소의 순환', '물', '해안', '빙하' 파트 그리고 '생태 챕터'가 강조되고 있다. 변화가 없을 것 같던 자연지리 파트도 기후 변화와 맞물려 슬슬 변화하는 조짐이 보인다.
1 Introduction 1 Scope of the book 1 The interconnected Earth 3 Environmental challenges 6
2 Tectonics, weathering, erosion and soils 13 Tectonics: continents and oceans 14 Weathering and erosion 22 - Types of rock 22 - Weathering 23 - Erosion 27 Soils 31 - Soil composition and formation 31 - Physical properties of soils 36 - Chemical properties of soils 37 - Humans and soil 39
3 Atmosphere, oceans, climate and weather 45 The atmospheric blanket 45 Large-scale atmospheric circulation 47 Large-scale oceanic circulation 53 Interannual climate variability 59 Regional climate and weather 61 - Polar climate and weather 61 - Mid-latitude climate and weather 62 - Tropical and subtropical climate and weather 65 - Mountain climate and weather 67 - Land and sea breezes 70 - Vegetation and climate 71 - Urban climate 71
4 Climate change and the carbon cycle 76 The carbon cycle 76 Climate change 81 - Long-term climate change 81 Contemporary climate change 87 - Predictions of future climate change 92 Impacts of climate change 93 Climate change mitigation 96 Climate change adaptation 102
5 Water and ice 106 Water 106 - The water cycle 106 - Water movement through the landscape 107 - Groundwater 111 - River flow 114 - River channel change 121 - Water quality and pollution 127 Coasts 132 - Waves 133 - Tides 136 - Coastal landforms 137 - Coastal management 143 Ice 145 - Glacier and ice sheet dynamics 146 - Glacial landforms 150 - Permafrost 154 - Landforms in periglacial regions 156
7 Solutions in physical geography 196 Managing environmental hazards 196 Dealing with environmental change 198 Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals 201 Making new discoveries 202